Japanese peace group to launch ad campaign in U.S.

Japanese peace group to launch ad campaign in U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - Yumi Kikuchi, a writer on environmental issues, holds up a draft of a full-page public opinion ad protesting a U.S.-led military attack on Afghanistan. Global Peace Campaign, which Kikuchi and other peace activists launched in Japan, Britain and the United States to oppose the U.S. military action, aims to have the ad published in the New York Times on or around Oct. 9.

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